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... complete what enlightened legislation begins ; -but Belgium may fairly be adduced as a proof that , in a country very similar to our own , it has been * There are about 700,000 Catholics in the old United Pro- vinces . B considered ...
... complete what enlightened legislation begins ; -but Belgium may fairly be adduced as a proof that , in a country very similar to our own , it has been * There are about 700,000 Catholics in the old United Pro- vinces . B considered ...
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... complete equa- lity of civil rights has long been established . The Catholic and Protestant clergy are equally provided for by the State ; and the allowance to the Protestant clergy is greater than that to the Catholic , because they ...
... complete equa- lity of civil rights has long been established . The Catholic and Protestant clergy are equally provided for by the State ; and the allowance to the Protestant clergy is greater than that to the Catholic , because they ...
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... complete explanation of the peculiar bigotry of that unhappy country . If the monks and the inquisition are popular in Spain , it is because the grandee may tremble , but the peasant escapes - and because the go- vernment has so long ...
... complete explanation of the peculiar bigotry of that unhappy country . If the monks and the inquisition are popular in Spain , it is because the grandee may tremble , but the peasant escapes - and because the go- vernment has so long ...
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... complete subjection . Oppression and cruelty prevented the success of the attempt to ex- tend the Reformation to Ireland . It was natural for the Irish to abhor whatever was offered them by England , and to cling to the faith of their ...
... complete subjection . Oppression and cruelty prevented the success of the attempt to ex- tend the Reformation to Ireland . It was natural for the Irish to abhor whatever was offered them by England , and to cling to the faith of their ...
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... complete the plantation ( as it was called ) , which was begun by James I. After the Res- toration , to tranquillize the continual disturb- ances which arose out of a completely dis- jointed state of society , an Act of Settlement was ...
... complete the plantation ( as it was called ) , which was begun by James I. After the Res- toration , to tranquillize the continual disturb- ances which arose out of a completely dis- jointed state of society , an Act of Settlement was ...
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Page 47 - I do hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure any intention to subvert the present Church Establishment as settled by law within this Realm. And I do solemnly swear that I never will exercise any privilege to which I am or may become entitled to disturb or weaken the Protestant religion or Protestant government in the United Kingdom.
Page 50 - I believe, that no act in itself unjust, immoral, or wicked, can ever be justified or excused by or under pretence or colour, that it was done either for the good of the church, or in obedience to any ecclesiastical power whatsoever.
Page 50 - Catholics, or in the doctrines of the Church of Rome, any law or principle which makes it lawful for Catholics to break their faith with heretics, or others of a different persuasion from themselves, in matters of religion, either in public or private concerns.
Page 53 - This is the catholic faith : which except a man believe faithfully he cannot be saved.
Page 44 - March, 1789." (Signed in due form.) " UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN. " The Faculty of Divinity at Louvain, having been requested to give her opinion upon the questions above stated, does it with readiness ; but struck with astonishment that such questions should, at the end of this eighteenth century, be proposed to any learned body by inhabitants of a kingdom that glories in the talents and discernment of its natives.
Page 17 - The Concordat might, be abolished, and " the right would still remain. It is inherent in the French monarchs from "" the commencement of their monarchy. It is an essential appendage of " the crown; kings appoint because they are kings. The instant the '* church acquired a civil existence, its dignities became real magistracies, **" the disposal of which necessarily belongs to the sovereign, as they are a " delegated portion of the supreme power, and protected by the laws, and
Page 51 - God, are previous and indispensable requisites to establish a well-founded expectation of forgiveness ; and that any person who receives absolution without these previous requisites, so far from obtaining thereby any remission of his sins, incurs the additional guilt of violating a sacrament...
Page 51 - FORGIVE, they are forgiven. (John xx. 23.) But no actual sin can be forgiven at the mere will of any Pope, or any priest, or any person whomsoever, without a sincere sorrow for having offended God, and a firm resolution to avoid future guilt, and to atone for past transgressions.